The Letters of Thomas Fitzosborne on Several Subjects, fifth edition. The first volume of William Melmoth's Letters on Several Subjects appeared in 1748, with the second appearing the following year. Though considered to be largely fictionalised, they do contain some autobiographical truths being illustrative of Melmoth's preferred themes of morality, arts, rhetoric, antiquity, and the pressing matter of cruelty to insects. Printed under the pseudonym of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, the work would become a best-seller for publisher J. Dodsley, reaching the tenth edition by 1795. Generally good clean text with foxing to inside cover pages, some wear to spine and edges.